Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
The School of Psychology, The University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
J Youth Adolesc. 2018 Jul;47(7):1385-1397. doi: 10.1007/s10964-018-0867-9. Epub 2018 May 28.
Adolescents who do not conform to weight ideals are vulnerable to disapproval and victimization from peers in school. But, missing from the literature is a prospective examination of weight status and feelings of loneliness that might come from those experiences. Using data from the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development, we filled that gap by examining the prospective associations between loneliness and weight status when the sample was aged 10-13 years. At ages 10, 12, and 13 years, 1042 youth (572 females; 92% from French speaking homes) reported on their loneliness and were weighed and measured. Family income sufficiency was included in our analyses given its relationship with weight status, but also its possible link with loneliness during early adolescence. The findings showed that (1) weight status and loneliness were not associated concurrently; (2) weight status predicted increases in loneliness from ages 12 to 13 years; and (3) loneliness predicted increases in weight from ages 12 to 13 years among female adolescents, but weight loss among male adolescents. The fact that loneliness was involved in weight gain for females suggests that interventions focused on reducing loneliness and increasing connection with peers during early adolescence could help in reducing obesity.
不符合体重理想的青少年容易受到学校同伴的不赞成和伤害。但是，文献中缺少对体重状况和可能由此产生的孤独感的前瞻性研究。利用魁北克儿童发展纵向研究的数据，我们通过检查 10-13 岁时孤独感与体重状况之间的前瞻性关联来填补这一空白。在 10、12 和 13 岁时，1042 名青少年（572 名女性；92%来自说法语的家庭）报告了他们的孤独感，并进行了称重和测量。考虑到家庭收入充足与体重状况有关，也可能与青少年早期的孤独感有关，因此我们将其纳入了分析。研究结果表明：(1)体重状况和孤独感没有同时相关；(2)体重状况预测从 12 岁到 13 岁孤独感的增加；(3)孤独感预测从 12 岁到 13 岁女性青少年体重增加，但男性青少年体重减轻。孤独感与女性体重增加有关这一事实表明，在青少年早期，关注减少孤独感和增加与同伴的联系的干预措施可能有助于减少肥胖。
